The V weapon attacks on Enfield

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The first V-1 flying bomb launched at London was on 13th June 1944 landing in Mile End and killing eight people. Within three days Enfield was hit by its’ first V-1. Over the next ten months Enfield was hit by forty one flying bombs and twenty six ballistic missiles. The last hit to land on Enfield (a V2) did so on March 27th 1945, just days before the war in Europe ended. The rocket partly broke up, landing in pieces between Chingford and Montagu Road. One person was killed near Edmonton Green. The last rocket to hit England struck later that same day in Kent and the last flying bomb of the war was shot down two days later. The V weapon campaign was over. The war in Europe ended just a few weeks later. The list below is of the V weapons that hit Enfield.

The above list covers the modern Borough of Enfield which, in 1944/1945, was made up of three smaller district
boroughs – Enfield, Southgate and Edmonton – as well as a very small part of Chingford district.

The attacks on Enfield.

The first V-1 flying bomb launched at London was on 13th June 1944 landing in Mile End and killing eight people. Within three days Enfield was hit by its’ first V-1. Over the next ten months Enfield was hit by forty one flying bombs and twenty six ballistic missiles.The last V weapon to land on Enfield did so on March 27th 1945, just days before the war in Europe ended. The V2 rocket partly broke up as it came in. Landing in pieces between Chingford and Montagu Road in Edmonton. One person was killed near Edmonton Green. The last rocket to hit England struck later that same day in Kent and the last flying bomb of the war was shot down two days later. The V weapon campaign was over. The war in Europe ended just a few weeks later.

The V1 and V2 strikes in Enfield killed at least 100 people and injured many hundreds more. Across London the weapons killed over 8900 civilians and injured over 24,000 more. These figures do not include the thousands of forces personnel who gave their lives in trying to stop the V weapons. Nor does it include the tens of thousands of prisoners who died in camps during the weapons construction.

Strategically the V weapons did contribute to delaying of the end of the war but their impact on morale in Britain was never enough to have any significant influence. Overall they are regarded as the final technological horror of Hitler’s Germany.

Some of the publications that contained information about the V weapons (details were heavily censored to avoid giving away any useful information to the enemy).